101 Agape Ideas

Rainbow mechanical pencils: Write this down: Jesus Loves You!” or “Jesus has signed your heart with his blood.”

Lighters or matches and a candle: “You are the light of the World!”

Mending kits: “God fixes everything.”

Soap bubbles: “Let God’s love bubble over in you!”

Jigsaw puzzle pieces either hot glued to a pin back or a card (You can put a piece of magnet strip on the back of the card for a fridge magnet.): “God put it all together for you.” Or “Puzzled? Talk to God.” Or “Don’t let Jesus be your missing piece!” or “If life is a puzzle, turn to the Lord.” Or “Now I know in part, then I shall know fully. 1 Corinthians 13:12.”

One-inch wooden disc with clothespin glued to front and a piece of magnet tape on back of clothespin. Decorate disc with a sticker or leave plain. “God can hold it all together!”

Little notebooks or note pads. “Write this down: Jesus Loves You!”

Small calendars (wallet size are good): “I am with you always. Jesus”

Seed packages: “Grow in Christ.”

Life Savers: “Jesus is the real life saver!”

Small rulers: “Measure your life in Christ.” Or “Jesus Rules!”

Emory board or small piece of sand paper on a card: “Jesus can smooth away all our rough edges!”

Maps or compasses: “Jesus is the way” or “Lost? Talk to God” or “Need directions? Talk to the Father.” Or “Lost? Follow the Son.”

Magnifying glass: “See everything clearly with Christ” or “Let your faith be magnified.” Or “If they dusted your Bible for fingerprints, would they find any fresh ones? Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105.”

Small bars of soap: “God can make all things clean.”

Dinosaur eggs (the little capsules that hatch a dinosaur when soaked in hot water) or small plastic figures: Even when God was dealing with these guys, He was thinking of You! Card should include hatching directions if you use the capsules.

Safety pin with brightly colored beads on it: “God will help you hold it all together.”

Yo-yos: “God will be there though all your ups and downs.”

Rock. Write “Jesus is the rock” and draw a cross on the rock.

Duct tape and nail. Put a small piece of duct tape on a card. Then put a nail through the card as if you were pinning something to it. On card write: “Men fix everything with duct tape. God used his son.”

Small packages of tissues: “God will take your tears and make an ocean.”

Gold wrapped chocolate coins: His love is more precious than gold.”

Corks or fishing bobbers: God’s love is unsinkable.

Small match box-size cars: “Put God in the driver’s seat.”

Individual Shout stain removers: “Shout to the Lord.”

Bit of Honey or fast food size honey package: Psalm 19:10

Tea bag: “No teas-sing, Jesus Loves you.”

Cream Savers: You are the cream of the crop. Let Jesus be your Life Savior.

Empty brown paper lunch bag with a business-size card inside. Card reads: “Feed my Sheep. John 21:17 — In honor of your walk to Emmaus, a donation has been made to (a soup kitchen, food pantry, lunch program, whatever you decide). Today, because of your walk, some of his sheep have been fed.”

Glue stick: “Stick with Christ.”

Small cross, covered with glitter on a card: “Shine Jesus Shine.”

Small pocket size mirrors: “Let Christ be reflected in you.”

Letter openers: “God opens up a whole new world of possibilities.”

Toy watches: “God has all the time in the world for you.” Or “Ecclesiastes 3:1”

Plastic weighted ducks (the type used in carnival games): “Life with Christ is just ducky!”

One-hundred dollar bill note pads: “In one person’s hands, just a few bills paid. In another person’s hands, a fortune to be made. A life in man’s hands, just biology on earth. A life in Christ’s hands, eternal re-birth.” Or “Christ has paid your debt in full!”

Mini-frisbees or spinning tops: “I may not always know where I’m going, but the one I’m following does. ‘The Lord will guide you always.’ Isaiah 58:11”

Whistle: “Whistle while you work Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men. Colossians 3:23.”

Miniature clothes pins (doll house size) clipped to a card that (ideally) has a graphic of something hanging on a clothes line: “Hang your troubles on the Lord and He will sustain you. Psalm 55:22a”

Thin rainbow ribbon tied to a paper clip and clipped to a card. “Clip this to page 48 in your pilgrim’s guide.”

Graphic of a grouchy looking or crying person (ideally a cartoon-looking picture) on a small laminated card with a piece of magnet tape on back. “It’s a fact — No one crashes a pity party. ‘I am greatly encouraged, in all our troubles joy knows no bounds.’ 2 Corinthians 7:4”

Recipe card with Bible cake recipe on it on one side and “Live, Breathe, and Eat his word” printed on the other.

Milky Way candy bars: “He had a universe to choose from, but God chose you.”

Pill bottle: outside label Rx from: The Great physician/ Dosage: Daily or as needed Active Ingredient: Holy Spirit /Refills: Unlimited/Amount due: Debt paid in full by Jesus Christ. Fill the bottle with paper strips on which your have printed a variety of Bible verses.

Large fishing hook hot glued to a pin back (You may want to use wire cutters to cutoff the barb. ). Glue or dangle a fish on which you have printed Jesus from the point: “I’m hooked on Jesus.” Or “Be fishers of men.”

November Gathering at St. Thomas UMC

Applications

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